Use Daily Reading Comprehension Lessons to continue to teach the "Shark Attack" by proving their answers and using the symbols Reading Rotations with StoryWorks Magazine September 2006
Poems: "The Appleton Twins" by Calef Brown and "Dream Variations" by Langston Hughes
Fiction: "The Psychic Cicada" by Patrick Jennings
⁰ Geometry Unit--Accelerated Math Objectives (111-121) 4th Grade Math Library
⁰ Perimeter, Area, and Volume Unit--Accelerated Math Objectives (122-130) 4th Grade Math Library
Also use Daily Math as a constant review to maintain math skills
Outside lab on the survival of the fittest with pipe cleaners hidden within the vegetation Resources available from the library and 3-5 Bookroom
Also use the shark attack reading comprehensions about animals during Reading Rotations
Social Studies Topics
⁰ Mountain Region of North Carolina
⁰ The Biltmore House
Field Trips
Visit the historic Biltmore House
more House in Asheville, NC
Pictures to use in creating their Biltmore House Brochure
Reading Rotations
Use Daily Reading Comprehension Lessons to continue to teach the "Shark Attack" by proving their answers and using the symbolsReading Rotations with StoryWorks Magazine September 2006
Poems: "The Appleton Twins" by Calef Brown and "Dream Variations" by Langston Hughes
Fiction: "The Psychic Cicada" by Patrick Jennings
Non-Fiction: "The Beast of Loch Ness" by Lauren Tarshis
Yesterday and Today: "Jackie Robinson and Ken Griffey Jr."
Play: "How to Eat Fried Worms"
Reading Rotations with StoryWorks Magazine January 2007
Play: "Hoot"
Non-Fiction: "In the Path of an Avalanche!" by Lauren Tarshis
Fable: A Story from West Africa and the No-Seat Bubble Test
Micro-Mystery: Reading for detail
Fiction: "Root Beer Sit In" by Eleanora E. Tate
(also work in books related to the Civil Rights Movement)
Novel Study with The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Also Use picture books related to the Biltmore House in Reading Rotations
Read Aloud Book: Finish The Mystery of Blackbeard the Pirate and Begin The Mystery of Biltmore House---both by Carole Marsh
Writing Lesson Ideas
Continue to build upon the extended beginnings about half way through the six weeks and then begin working on creating a main eventMath Lesson Concepts
⁰ Geometry Unit--Accelerated Math Objectives (111-121) 4th Grade Math Library⁰ Perimeter, Area, and Volume Unit--Accelerated Math Objectives (122-130) 4th Grade Math Library
Also use Daily Math as a constant review to maintain math skills
Science Topics
⁰ Animals and HabitatsOutside lab on the survival of the fittest with pipe cleaners hidden within the vegetation
Resources available from the library and 3-5 Bookroom
Also use the shark attack reading comprehensions about animals during Reading Rotations
Social Studies Topics
⁰ Mountain Region of North Carolina⁰ The Biltmore House
Field Trips
Visit the historic Biltmore Housemore House in Asheville, NC
Pictures to use in creating their Biltmore House Brochure
Projects
Design an animal habitat in a shoe box that is consistent with the needs of that particular animal for survival